Day 1,806: far-flung, blast furnace
Europeans struggled to accept that such a far-flung place could possibly have invented the compass, the crossbow and the blast furnace.
Artwork of the day
Island Enoshima. The Fuji can be seen far away
Utagawa KuniyoshiStyle:Ukiyo-eGenre:landscape
Word of the day
far-flung: used to refer to places that are a great distanceaway, or something that is spread over a very large area:
blast furnace: a container in which iron is produced by blowing extremely hot air through a mixture of iron ore, coke, and limestone
Quote of the day
“I am, and always will be, the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes, and the dreamer of improbable dreams.”
― Eleventh Doctor